Ramona Thompson

The Greater Pretender - Poem by Ramona Thompson

Rewrite of the classic song, The Great Pretender

Oh yes I am the the greater pretender (ooh ooh) Able to pretend better then you that without our loveTo keep me warmI am doing well(ooh ooh) My happy mask is such that even our closest friends don't suspect too muchI'm dying inside but I would rather live lonely like this then ever tell

Oh yes I am the greater pretender (ooh ooh) Refusing to admit my heart you still own (ooh ooh) I play a heartbreaking lover's gameOh, ain't it a shameWhat fools we both areWe could be togetherIf only we were't soBitterly willing to hold onto the pastDreaming alone

Too real do we make-believeToo real do our honest feelings we conceal

Ooh ooh yes I'm the greater pretender (ooh ooh) Fake laughing and gayly shoppingEven through anyone could seeIf they looked close enoughMy tears are still fallingJust like those of a child's forgotten's toy clownI would rather seem to be what I'm not (You see) I'm hiding away from my true heartAs if it were a barking houndAnd I were the frighted rabbitDesperate to pretend better then youI don't care if our paths ever again cross common ground

Ooh ooh yes I'm the greater pretender (ooh ooh) Fake laughing and gayly shoppingEven through anyone could seeIf they looked close enoughMy tears are still fallingJust like those of a child's forgotten's toy clownI would rather seem to be what I'm not (You see) I'm hiding away from my true heartAs if it were a barking houndAnd I were the frighted rabbitDesperate to pretend better then youI don't care I don't care if our paths ever again crossCross common ground